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Argent

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Drive iOS Simulators, Android emulators, TVs and Electron/web apps from your coding agent

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What can you do with Argent?

  • Interact - tap, swipe, gesture, type, hardware buttons; D-pad on TV; mouse and keyboard on desktop.
  • E2E - record a path once as an e2e test, replay it deterministically as a repro or smoke test.
  • Visual regression - diff a baseline against a live capture, OCR- and font-aware.
  • Profiling - Hermes, React DevTools, Xcode Instruments, Perfetto: renders, CPU hotspots, hangs.
  • Debugging - logs, network (XMLHttpRequest incl. axios, fetch incl. Expo's, and native), JS evaluation, native and React trees.
  • React Native - build, launch and iterate, no extra setup.

Install

Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).

NPM package @swmansion/argent
Claude Code 
claude mcp add argent -- npx -y @swmansion/argent@0.19.0 mcp
JSON configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) 
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "argent": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@swmansion/argent@0.19.0",
                "mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Documentation

From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.

Contents
  1. What it does
  2. Documentation
  3. Privacy
  4. License
  5. Argent is created by Software Mansion

Argent gives your AI assistant direct control of iOS simulators, Android emulators and devices, TVs (Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV) and Electron/Chromium apps. Tap a button, profile a screen, reproduce a bug - without leaving the CLI.

npx @swmansion/argent@latest init  # pnpm: pnpm dlx @swmansion/argent@latest init

What it does

  • Interact - tap, swipe, gesture, type, hardware buttons; D-pad on TV; mouse and keyboard on desktop.
  • E2E - record a path once as an e2e test, replay it deterministically as a repro or smoke test.
  • Visual regression - diff a baseline against a live capture, OCR- and font-aware.
  • Profiling - Hermes, React DevTools, Xcode Instruments, Perfetto: renders, CPU hotspots, hangs.
  • Debugging - logs, network (XMLHttpRequest incl. axios, fetch incl. Expo's, and native), JS evaluation, native and React trees.
  • React Native - build, launch and iterate, no extra setup.

Ask your assistant "What can Argent do?" to list every tool.

Documentation

Installation · Platforms · CLI · Editors

Privacy

Telemetry is opt-out: argent telemetry disable. See the Privacy Notice.

License

Argent uses a mixed licensing model. Source code is released under the Apache License 2.0. Proprietary binaries (the per-platform bin/<platform>/simulator-server and bin/darwin/ax-service executables and the .dylib files in native-devtools-ios) are the intellectual property of Software Mansion S.A. and are licensed solely for use within this project. Decompiling, reverse-engineering, or redistributing them without explicit written permission is prohibited. By using Argent, you acknowledge and agree to this structure. See LICENSE for full details.

Argent is created by Software Mansion

Since 2012 Software Mansion is a software agency with experience in building web and mobile apps. We are Core React Native Contributors and experts in dealing with all kinds of React Native issues. We can help you build your next dream product – Hire us.

Frequently asked questions

What is Argent?

Drive iOS Simulators, Android emulators, TVs and Electron/web apps from your coding agent

How do I install Argent?

It runs on your machine. In Claude Code: claude mcp add argent -- npx -y @swmansion/argent@0.19.0 mcp. For other clients, paste the JSON configuration from this page into their MCP settings.

Does Argent need an API key?

Its registry entry lists no required key or secret. Some features may still need an account with the service it connects to.

Is Argent open source?

Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license.

Who maintains Argent?

It is published by software-mansion. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.

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